What is URLfilterDB?
URLfilterDB provides a range of internet filter solutions designed to enhance online security and content control. Its flagship product, ufdbGuard for Squid, integrates with the Squid web proxy to deliver a powerful internet filter. Both Squid and ufdbGuard are free open source software, ensuring transparency and flexibility for users.
Additionally, URLfilterDB offers a DNS filter plugin for BIND named, enabling DNS-level content filtering. For businesses and solution providers, products like ufdbGuard API and ufdbGuard REST API provide URL classification capabilities. All products prioritize user privacy by not tracking users, even with anonymized data, and only log new URLs not yet in the database along with basic counters.
Features
- Web proxy filter: ufdbGuard for Squid integrates with Squid to filter web traffic.
- DNS filter: ufdbGuard for DNS works as a plugin for BIND to filter DNS requests.
- URL classification APIs: ufdbGuard API and REST API provide developer-friendly URL classification.
- No user tracking: Products do not track users, only maintain minimal logs for new URLs and statistics.
- Free open source: ufdbGuard for Squid is free open source software available for download.
Use Cases
- Organizations needing to block malicious or inappropriate websites via web proxy.
- Schools or businesses implementing DNS-level content filtering.
- Solution providers integrating URL classification into their own products.
- Users seeking privacy-focused internet filtering without tracking.
FAQs
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Is URLfilterDB free to use?
Yes, ufdbGuard for Squid and ufdbGuard for DNS are free open source software. Other products like APIs may have associated costs; please check the website for pricing. -
Does URLfilterDB track user activity?
No, all products do not track users. They only keep track of new URLs not yet in the database and have minimal counters for statistical purposes. -
What is ufdbGuard for Squid?
It is a web proxy filter plugin for the Squid proxy server that provides internet filtering capabilities. -
How does the DNS filter work?
ufdbGuard for DNS acts as a plugin for the BIND DNS server (named), allowing it to filter DNS requests based on URL categories.
